Coach of Benin Republic Gernot Rohr says his team will be full of confidence going into tomorrow’s AFCON 2025 qualifiers game against the Super Eagles of Nigeria at the Godswill Akpabio stadium in Uyo, OwnGoalNigeria.com reports.
Rohr led the senior national team of Nigeria for a period of almost seven years before his shock exit a few weeks to the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which was delayed and held in Cameroon in 2022.
He engineered the Nigerian neighbors to their first ever win over Nigeria three months ago and yesterday upon arrive in Uyo, a city that he is well aware of the coach said he will be excited to meet with his former players, but above all he is eyeing a win.
” It will be nice to meet with my boys in the Super Eagles. The team hasn’t changed much from the one I left behind two years ago, so technically they are still my boys, but we will keep all of that aside on the pitch on Saturday”, Rohr told OwnGoalNigeria.com.
” Nigeria have players in big teams unlike my team , but we have shown three months ago that we can win against any team. It is what we are hoping against the Super Eagles even though we know it will be difficult because they are playing at home”.
